Symbol

Class Symbol

java.lang.Object

Symbol.Symbol

public class Symbol
extends java.lang.Object

Class to convert strings into symbols.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Symbol	get(java.lang.String n) Gets the unique symbol associated with a string.
java.lang.String	toString() Converts symbols back to strings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Converts symbols back to strings.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

get

public static Symbol get(java.lang.String n)

Gets the unique symbol associated with a string. Repeated calls to symbol("abc") will return the same symbol.